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George Wertz Raff

RAFF, George Wertz, author, born in Tuscarawas, Stark County, Ohio, 24 March, 1825; died in Canton, Ohio, 14 April, 1888. He was chiefly self-educated. From 1848 till 1850 he was clerk of the supreme court, Stark county, and he was judge of the probate court in 1852-'5, and was a member of the city council and board of education in Canton, Ohio. He founded, in 188'7, the Central savings-bank of Canton, of which he was president until his death. His publications are "Guide to Executors and Administrators in Ohio" (Cleveland, 1859); "Manual of Pensions, Bounty and Pay" (Cincinnati, 1862); "The Law relating to Roads and Highways in Ohio" (1863) ; and the " War Claimant's Guide" (1866).

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